Lubricating oil salvaging basket



. March 22, 1938.

F. F. WINFREE LUBRICATING OIL SALVAGING BASKET Filed Aug. 31, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor M RN I Alinrneys March 22, 1938. F. F. WINFREE LUBRICATING OIL SALVAGING BASKET 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2

Filed Aug. s1 1937 iii-274 279 .lfiorneys Patented Mar. 22,1938

PATENT oFFICE LUBRICATING OIL SALVAGING BASKET Forrest F. Winfree, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Application August 7 31,

4 Claims.

, The present invention relates to a portable receptacle or container such as may be conveniently referred to as a basket, the same being adapted for use by automobile service attendants 5 to facilitate handling canned oil and to enable the user to salvage otherwise wasted oil for re-use and re-sale, whichever is desired. Under present day' purchasing and commercializing conditions, the sale of lubricating oil in sealed cans is being appreciably popularized. Under such circumstances systematic handling of: punctured cans has become a recognized problem. Consequently, various convenient structures and racks have been advocated for systematic carrying and disposal of the usual quart size canning tins.

As implied by the preceding statement, I am ,sufliciently conversant with the prior state of the art toappreciate that hand carriers and handling racks are not broadly new. Under the circumstances I have evolved and produced what I believe to be a more satisfactory contrivance for accomplishing desired results in an aptly fitted and sensible manner. Briefly, the device is in the nature of a basket to accommodate a plurality of quart size cans, said basket being structurally equipped to accommodate the cans and to salvage the oil which is allowed to drain or drip therefrom, permitting it to be satisfactorily re-used as occasion demands.

Other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will become more readily apparent from the following description and accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a side elevational viewof a can handling and carrying basket constructed in accordance with the principles of the present inventive conception.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the arrangement seen in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the partitioning twin-type screen unit employed in the carrier basket. 7

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section on the line 44 of Figure 2.

The basket is denoted in the drawings as a unit by the numeral 5 and is here shown as being longitudinally elongated and of general rectangular configuration in top plan View. Thetransverse or end walls, asseen in Figure 2, are flared or directed laterally outward at their upper ends where they are bent upon themselves as at l to 1937, Serial No. 161,870

(01. zen-69) provide reinforced edgings to accommodate upstanding apertured ears or lugs 8 which in turn serve to accommodate hinging eyes 9 on the carrying bail or handle Ii). One end wall is provided adjacent the bottom H with a discharge nipple I2 screw-threaded to accommodate a closing cap l3, said cap being maintained in place by a retention chain 14.

As shown to advantage in Figure 4, the longitudinal side walls 15 have their upper edges bent upon themselves'and downwardly, as indicated at the points it and IT. The downbent wall portions terminate in laterally directed flanges l8 constituting appropriate supporting ledges for the partitioning unit 19. 15

As before indicated, the unit It is in the nature of a removable twin-typo screen. As brought out to advantage in Figure 3 it comprises a rectangular frame 2!] having a centrally disposed handgrip 2!. The numerals 22 merely designate appropriate transverse braces. There is a fine mesh screen at 23 which is immediately attached to the supporting frame, and this underlies a superposed coarser or open-work screen 24. The latter screen is calculated to provide arigid bed or support for the oil containing can. The finer screen 23 serves as a filter and also is calculated to prevent extraneous matter and dust and dirt from entering the lower compartment 25 of the basket which collects the oil for salvaging purposes. It 30 will be observed that the partitioning or screen unit has an elevated central portion thus causing the two end portions to slope outwardly and downwardly, allowing the cans to roll by gravity toward the opposite ends of the basket. Obviously, this facilitates handling and racking oi the cans in the basket.

By supporting the partitioning unit 19 midway between the top and bottom of the basket, the basket is divided into upper and lower compartments. The aforementioned lower compartment 25 serves as a collector or depository for the reclaimed oil. The upper compartment obviously serves as a container or rack for a plurality of 7 quart size sealed oil cans. 45

Importance is attached to the idea of providing a partitioned basket or equivalent receptacle to accommodate a plurality of cans, the cans being conveniently and systematically racked in a transverse manner in the upper compartment while resting securely on the supporting screen. The use of the heavy screen 24 serves as a protector for the underlying filtering screen 23. j The latter screen serves to maintain the oil in thecompartment 25 clean for re-use as new oil. Not

the puncture or opening is disposed downwardly to allow the oil, that is, surplus oil left in the can, to gravitate through the screens and into the depository 25. When sufiicient oil is accumulated in said part 25, the cap 13 can be removed and the contents discharged by way of the nipple or neck l2 into an appropriate collection drum or equivalent container specified for such purposes.

Novelty is also predicated upon the idea of having a basket or pan having a handle, wherein the same as an internal ledge to support a reticulated partition. Ihen, too, novelty is specifically predicated on the formation of the side walls of the receptacle allowing said side walls to constitute the means of supporting a partition. 'Fur thermore, the partition itself is believed to be specifically new. All of the features, therefore, have the field of invention claimed may be resorted to if desired.

I claim: 1. A device of the class described comprising a basket having a bottom and surrounding side walls, a carrying bail for said basket, one end Wall being provided with a discharge neck and a closing cap therefor, a reticulated partitioning unit supported removably in the central portion of the basket, said unit including a centrally disposed hand-grip and upper and lower companion screens.

2. A device of the class described comprising a basket having a bottom and surrounding side walls, a carrying bail for said basket, one end wall being provided with a discharge neck and a closing cap therefor, a reticulated .partioning unit supported removably in the central portion of the basket, said unit including a centrally disposed hand-grip and upper and lower companion screens, the upper screen being rigid and of coarse mesh, the lower screen being of fine mesh for the purposes described.

3. A portable automotive service station can carrying and oil salvaging device comprising a basket longitudinally elongated and having a bottom and surrounding side and end Walls, a carrying bail for said basket, a valved discharge neck and cap on one end wall adjacent said bottom, and a reticulated partitioning unit, forming a false bottom for the cans, and supported removably between the side and end walls spaced above said bottom, the transverse central portion of said partitioning unit being elevated and the end portions sloping outwardly and downwardly toward the end walls.

4. A multiple oil can carrier and salvaging tray for use by attendants at oil servicing stations comprising a basket including a bottom and vertical walls having depending upper edge portions terminating internally in laterally directed flanges forming supporting ledges, and a handle equipped screened partitioning unit supported on said ledges and adapted to constitute a false bottom for supporting a row or series of cans,

FORREST F. WINFREE. 

